Ghanaian Food Sundays

Many of Ghana’s most popular foods are traditional dishes which reflect the country’s long history and agriculture.

Foods such as cassava, yams and plantains are boiled, pounded and rolled into balls known as fufu.

 Another staple is kenkey, a fermented cornmeal dumpling which is boiled or steamed in plantain leaves and served with a sauce called moko and shito.

Moko is just tomatoes, onions, peppers and a pinch of salt to taste.

Despite the starchy staples, food is rarely bland in Ghana. Many dishes are spicy. Ghanaians love using spices such as cinnamon and hot red peppers. (Chillies and red peppers are the fifth most important agricultural product for Ghana’s farmers in terms of.

Today I will be sharing with you one of my favorite Ghanaian food called Jollof Rice.

You can have jollof on its own as part of a vegetarian meal or with grilled meats, chicken or with whatever. You can also prepare a chicken or meat version of jollof rice. 

I personally don’t like meat as much. So when I make it, it’s usually without meat or if I feel like adding meat to it I’ll bake chicken and place it on the side of my jolloff instead of cooking it with my the rice.

Jollof is a type of rice. It’s never white, if someone ever serves you a plate of jollof rice and it’s white, don’t eat it. That is not jollof  rice. It’s always reddish orange. It gets it’s color from the stew which consist of tomatoes.

                 

Picture Credit: Laethy Sunaite Goose

Here’s a link to a Ghanaian food blogger

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